Paris in April Quotes

“Having something forbidden is exciting, don't you agree?”
― Allan Dare Pearce, Paris in April

“Well, tests ain't fair. Those that study have an unfair advantage. It's always been that way.”
― Allan Dare Pearce, Paris in April

“I am not a teacher in my heart," she said. "I am a doer, and all these little shitheads in front of me are do-nothings. There is racism in the world and they acknowledge it, but they sit in class listening to bullshit professors. Give me a bricklayer with a racist attitude. It is just more honest.”
― Allan Dare Pearce, Paris in April

“This here is Orange Crush, son. It don't get better till you're legal.”
― Allan Dare Pearce, Paris in April

“I guess it's the curse of our generation, having to put aside our lives to do the right thing.”
― Allan Dare Pearce, Paris in April

“This is the time for black people to stand and be counted.”
― Allan Dare Pearce, Paris in April

“I am an educated black woman in a time when educated black people will be called upon to risk everything for the rights of black people everywhere.”
― Allan Dare Pearce, Paris in April

“I believe you get up in the morning and do the best you can.”
― Allan Dare Pearce, Paris in April

“Bank robbing is more of a sure thing than farming.”
― Allan Dare Pearce, Paris in April

“And he took the slap like a man. No whining. What else do you want from a fella?”
― Allan Dare Pearce, Paris in April

“Everyone loves a girl who can rise to a crisis.”
― Allan Dare Pearce, Paris in April

“Slavery stands as an affront to human dignity.”
― Allan Dare Pearce, Paris in April

“Identifying an issue is halfway to resolving it.”
― Allan Dare Pearce, Paris in April

“Criticism involves taking a position, Mr. Day. How long has it been since you took a considered position on anything important?”
― Allan Dare Pearce, Paris in April

“Smile! Make them comfortable with your size. Deal with their fears and your fears will go away.”
― Allan Dare Pearce, Paris in April

“I am a teacher. I should be giving tests, not taking them.”
― Allan Dare Pearce, Paris in April

“My father believes with his entire soul that the meek shall inherit the earth. My children will inherit the earth but they will not be meek.”
― Allan Dare Pearce, Paris in April

“My daughter is black and she has to know what it is like to be black. My daughter should know you, Aiken, but she should learn what it means to be black, and you cannot teach her that.”
― Allan Dare Pearce, Paris in April

“I don't care about legal. Is it wise?”
― Allan Dare Pearce, Paris in April

“Does anyone like a fat old cow?"

"Maybe other fat old cows?”
― Allan Dare Pearce, Paris in April

“He believed a man should never be sober but never be drunk. And he believed in watching out for family, even if you had to stay sober for a few hours; it was that important.”
― Allan Dare Pearce, Paris in April

“You can't say asses in church unless you are speaking of donkeys.”
― Allan Dare Pearce, Paris in April

“Everything in life is not a joke."

"No, but it mostly is.”
― Allan Dare Pearce, Paris in April

“Sometimes you know the answer to a question deep down but you ask the question for some other reason.”
― Allan Dare Pearce, Paris in April

“Do a lot of questions mean you are really smart or really dumb?”
― Allan Dare Pearce, Paris in April

“Are we praying?"

"If you have to ask, you probably aren't.”
― Allan Dare Pearce, Paris in April

“Staying home is overrated.”
― Allan Dare Pearce, Paris in April

“Something girls never understood about poker night. The real point of the card play was to razz. Razzing calls forth unbridled farm-boy humour, earthy by some standards. The best quip involves belittling someone else's penis, or turning it back on the sayer, or both.”
― Allan Dare Pearce, Paris in April

“We are free, but we are not equal. We are free, but not as free as other people in this land are free.”
― Allan Dare Pearce, Paris in April

“But, ladies and gentlemen, we will also be asked to make sacrifices in matters that are not our affair and that do not concern us, sacrifices that would leave our people bleeding or wounded, or even dead, from battle. There is no equality for us in this lifetime.”
― Allan Dare Pearce, Paris in April